MO MO - Janet Knife, 26, Jefferson City, 13 Nov 1986

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https://www.whitepages.com/name/********/NC According to this Mr. D never lived in Georgia, so I wonder why her destination was Georgia. I always thought to meet him. Was he stationed there or did they drove there together?

 

[Laughing]

Missouri records indicate Janet left 2 children.

@cauthon1041 , sorry to learn of your loss!

 

[StarrChance]

Found this KD in a Missouri 1997 article, I do believe it’s the same one mentioned in this thread.

 

[Bit of hope]

Found this KD in a Missouri 1997 article, I do believe it’s the same one mentioned in this thread.

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Thank you. Sadly it's very hard to read.

 

[StarrChance]

Found another way to read in text

Long-standing Feud Led To Horse-Shootings, Police Say Husband And Wife Arrested, Charged In Pontoon Beach Case By Charles Bosworth Jr. Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The shootings of two Tennessee walking horses in their stalls last month were solved by a witness who hadn't realized he had a key piece of information, police said Wednesday. The witness's information, which surfaced Saturday, led to charges Tuesday against Kenneth S. Deppe, 36, of St. John. Deppe is charged with two counts of felony criminal damage to property. The charges say Deppe fatally shot a colt, wounded its mother, and fatally shot an emu on Jan. 4. Deppe apparently held a grudge against Fred Shafer, the owner of the emu and the ranch in Pontoon Beach where the horses were boarded, said Sgt. Steven Nonn of the Madison County Sheriff's Department. The horses belonged to Pontoon Beach Police Chief Michael Crouch. Deppe had worked for Shafer but left late last year after a long series of disputes. Nonn said Deppe's wife, Angelita M. Deppe, 29, was charged with obstructing justice because she had lied to Nonn to provide an alibi for her husband. The Deppes were arrested at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at their home in the 8600 block of Engler Avenue in St. John. They waived extradition to Illinois. Bond was set at $75,000 for Kenneth Deppe and $35,000 for Angelita Deppe. She was released Wednesday afternoon after a judge freed her on her promise to appear in court later. Kenneth Deppe was held in the county jail. They already were free on bond on a felony charge of insurance fraud filed against them Jan. 28 by Pontoon Beach police. Crouch charged that the Deppes had reported the theft of guns from their home when they lived in Pontoon Beach in November 1995, got an insurance policy after the theft, and then filed a false insurance claim for $3,300. Nonn said the break in the horse-shootings case came Saturday when a man who didn't realize he had seen anything important was talking to Shafer. The witness assumed Deppe still worked for Shafer, and mentioned that he had seen Deppe leaving Shafer's ranch the night of the shooting. Nonn said that contradicted the claim by the Deppes that he had not left his home that night. Crouch and Shafer said Wednesday the See SHOOTINGS, Page 3

 

[Bit of hope]

Found another way to read in text

Long-standing Feud Led To Horse-Shootings, Police Say Husband And Wife Arrested, Charged In Pontoon Beach Case By Charles Bosworth Jr. Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The shootings of two Tennessee walking horses in their stalls last month were solved by a witness who hadn't realized he had a key piece of information, police said Wednesday. The witness's information, which surfaced Saturday, led to charges Tuesday against Kenneth S. Deppe, 36, of St. John. Deppe is charged with two counts of felony criminal damage to property. The charges say Deppe fatally shot a colt, wounded its mother, and fatally shot an emu on Jan. 4. Deppe apparently held a grudge against Fred Shafer, the owner of the emu and the ranch in Pontoon Beach where the horses were boarded, said Sgt. Steven Nonn of the Madison County Sheriff's Department. The horses belonged to Pontoon Beach Police Chief Michael Crouch. Deppe had worked for Shafer but left late last year after a long series of disputes. Nonn said Deppe's wife, Angelita M. Deppe, 29, was charged with obstructing justice because she had lied to Nonn to provide an alibi for her husband. The Deppes were arrested at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at their home in the 8600 block of Engler Avenue in St. John. They waived extradition to Illinois. Bond was set at $75,000 for Kenneth Deppe and $35,000 for Angelita Deppe. She was released Wednesday afternoon after a judge freed her on her promise to appear in court later. Kenneth Deppe was held in the county jail. They already were free on bond on a felony charge of insurance fraud filed against them Jan. 28 by Pontoon Beach police. Crouch charged that the Deppes had reported the theft of guns from their home when they lived in Pontoon Beach in November 1995, got an insurance policy after the theft, and then filed a false insurance claim for $3,300. Nonn said the break in the horse-shootings case came Saturday when a man who didn't realize he had seen anything important was talking to Shafer. The witness assumed Deppe still worked for Shafer, and mentioned that he had seen Deppe leaving Shafer's ranch the night of the shooting. Nonn said that contradicted the claim by the Deppes that he had not left his home that night. Crouch and Shafer said Wednesday the See SHOOTINGS, Page 3

Great! THX. Are we 100% sure this is the same Mr. D.? Wouldn't he had been dismissed from the army?

 

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Great! THX. Are we 100% sure this is the same Mr. D.? Wouldn't he had been dismissed from the army?

Well I have been wrong before in this thread...

Janet disappeared in 1986 and in this post he “ran away” years later. Not 100% but other research connects with the NC area as well.

As far as what the family thinks....well..... the general consensus was that my father killed her. He investigated at first, but the military, which he was serving in at the time, never really pursued it. He ran away years later to Alaska and North Carolina and has a family somewhere. I don't know much about him, as I've never spoken to him nor have the urge. His name is Ken (Kenneth) Deppe.

 

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In this case there is, sadly, very little information. Only to try to get some better view on possible circumstances Janet went missing in and maybe establishing some timeline, I share what I found. Sorry for this kind of weird built up post.

Found this. ://sortedbyname.com/letter_d/d141047.html K.S.D., was born 15 May 1958 in Missouri, U.S.A. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them. Check Archives.com for K S.D. ($) ... Source file ($0)

This is Mr. D's father's obituary, who died in 1977.

Survivors besides his mother and wife are two sons, K.S.D, with the US Army in Germany <snipped> So in 1977 Mr. D was stationed in Germany.

R G D (1920-1977) - Find A Grave...

I think this is the obituary of his son, born in Fort Hood (I guess the military basis) in Texas in 1983, who died, sadly at a very young age, in 2006. The son's mother's name is also mentioned. This must be the woman he was still married to when he met Janet, or was in the mids of divorcing and he became her fiancé. I can't find a divorce record, dissolving that marriage.

https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituari...CCDKzZsSDnw-1634382591-0-gqNtZGzNAzujcnBszRqR

Sorry for asking, in what year were you born @cauthon1041? If you prefer not to answer, it's totally understood.

Janet went missing in 1986 on her way to Georgia. Her car was found in Fultondale, AL
https://www.whitepages.com/name/********/NC According to this Mr. D never lived in Georgia, so I wonder why her destination was Georgia. I always thought to meet him. Was he stationed there or did they drove there together?
What is the Georgia connection? Was there a military base near Fultondale, AL or in Georgia nearby. The residence Texas, Fort Hood is also not showing up in this file, so maybe he was station there, but it wasn't on record.

https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituari...VA2Gpr.gATo-1634369133-0-gqNtZGzNAzujcnBszRhl

D. according to the obituary (2006) is placed in Anchorage, Alaska.

This is Mr. D's stepmother, who died in 2011.

Survivors included a stepson, K. S. D. of Alaska;

M L J D (1931-2011) - Find A...

 

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According to Google Maps, today the drive from Fultondale, Alabama to Anniston, Alabama is just over an hour.

Anniston is the home of Fort McClellan:

Fort McClellan Army Base (Training Center) in Anniston, AL

If Ms. Knife was driving south on I-65, perhaps she stopped & met someone a bit north of Birmingham?

I do get most of my exercise jumping to conclusions.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of Janet's disappearance today.

 

[Justin537]

Does anyone have any information on the vehicle she went missing in which was recovered in n Fultondale, Alabama? Make, model, year, color, license plate #, etc.?

 

[Bit of hope]

Does anyone have any information on the vehicle she went missing in which was recovered in n Fultondale, Alabama? Make, model, year, color, license plate #, etc.?

I didn't see anything about it IIRR.

 

[Bit of hope]

What if Janet never left Jefferson City and somebody drove her car out there where it was found?

My believe is that both K.S.D. and his wife L.M.D. once lived in Jefferson City. (according to My Heritage and if this is the right one)

And

I also found this. A K.S.D. living in Columbus, Georgia. Could this be the one she was driving up to if she indeed left to see him?

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[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance.